storage tank cleaning Applications

When it comes to odor management, simply cleaning the tank isn’t enough to remove the odors. Prior to cleaning, storage tanks are vented to the atmosphere in order to reduce the internal gas content to a level below its lower explosion limit (LEL). This permits safe worker access. During venting, odors escape into the atmosphere creating a nuisance to nearby residents, businesses, and employees. Furthermore, storage tank cleaning results in production downtime that reduces plant profitability.

BioSolve Pinkwater is a proven tool used in the process of removing and repairing fuel storage tanks of all sizes. Pinkwater is best known for its unmatched performance suppressing volatile organic vapors that are present when working with fuel tanks (both AST and UST). The product can also be used to assist in loosening and removing tank bottom sludge. Major US and foreign oil companies as well as small tank removal teams find working with Pinkwater to be safe, simple, effective and worker friendly as compared to alternative approaches to tank cleaning and degassing.

Rapid turnaround is essential when an oil or fuel storage tank is stripped for repair or scheduled maintenance. This time-sensitive process can be frustrated by the presence of high vapor levels and unpumpable sludge. Over the past 30 years, BioSolve Pinkwater has proven to be a worker friendly solution to these challenges.

The OSEI Corporation manufactures a first response bioremediation product Oil Spill Eater II that has been used to clean up leaks around storage tanks from valve breaks, line breaks and small holes in tanks, as well as for tank sludge clean outs. OSE II has been cleaning up oil/hydrocarbon based spills including heavy oils, sludge, drilling mud, tailings as well as refined product since 1989.

The OSEI Corporation manufactures a first response bioremediation product Oil Spill Eater II that has been used to clean up leaks around storage tanks from valve breaks, line breaks and small holes in tanks, as well as for tank sludge clean outs. OSE II has been cleaning up oil/hydrocarbon based spills including heavy oils, sludge, drilling mud, tailings as well as refined product since 1989.

Sitelab's UVF-3100D is used to test soil to help investigate and clean up sites contaminated by above ground or underground storage tanks (USTs). Soils can be analyzed for extended diesel range organics (EDRO) or extractable petroleum hydrocarbons (EPH). Results correlate well to confirmatory lab methods.

US Peroxide (USP) is uniquely positioned to rapidly respond to your environmental treatment challenges. USP combines experienced applications and equipment field support with a large inventory of storage systems and pumping modules to respond quickly to time sensitive water and wastewater treatment situations.
Advantages
With considerable inventory of tank and pump systems as well as our partnerships with leading chemical suppliers, USP can mobilize chemicals and equipment quickly to respond to your rapid response needs, often within 24 hours.
We offer dosing options are designed to meet all safety requirements and sized to meet your specific process and dosage rates requirements.
Our Applications Engineers and Equipment and Engineering Services teams will provide timely and thorough applications assistance and technical support during the entire project.
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Sample Applications
Examples of where our Rapid Response Program has successfully addressed treatment challenges include the following:
Temporary application of hydrogen peroxide as a source of supplemental dissolved oxygen in biological treatment systems during periods of excessive BOD loading
Hydrogen peroxide pretreatment of high strength wastewater to reduce toxicity or BOD/COD prior to biological treatment
Emergency hydrogen peroxide treatment of lagoons or ponds to control hydrogen sulfide and other odors
Shock cleaning of cooling water systems for biofouling and slime control

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